Thrift Store Swap {Swap it like it’s hot!}

If you don’t know what in the world I’m talking about, let me clue you in. An awesome group of bloggers, organized by the unbelievably amazing Charlotte of Ciburbanity, swarm thrift stores and flea markets around the country to find the coolest (sometimes weirdest) stuff and mail it to another blogger to work their craftifying magic on to create something inspiring and new again.

So, let me show you what was sent to me by the lovely Colleen at 58 Water Street. If you are visiting from good old Water Street, welcome. Make yourself at home, won’t you? I’ll get you some tea while you look over these goodies.

Ok, so Colleen sent me two of those little yellow/orange cups (is that even what they are? If you know, please tell me) and two wreaths as well. Why I only put one of each in my photo is beyond me….Moving on.

At first I was going to paint the cups and use them as egg holders. I think I had Easter on the brain. Who would even use egg cups in my house?

I got my head together and saw some cute little succulents on one of my numerous trips to the garden store. It is one of my favorite places to browse. And BAM! The little unidentified cups were about to become succulent planters.

And so it was. They look awesome on my dining room shelves. That vintage color ended up being just what my shelves needed in the sea of white and clear glass.

Lucky for me, succulents don’t need much space when they are little and these guys have been perfectly happy so far. I will probably kill them though. Unfortunately for them, that’s typically what happens with plants in my possession.

I think I am reeeealllly ready for spring because the next craft on my list was a fairy garden. I have a large pot on my front porch that is the perfect place to add some fairy fun and that grapevine wreath was ready to help me.

I am lucky to have this retaining wall that moss has made into its home. So I harvested a few handfuls to add to my pot.

I placed the wreath and tucked some moss into it.

I added some rosemary and chives to the pot. I thought the rosemary gave it some height and the chives looked like grass.

Then I popped in some peonies for color.

Next, I added a fairy house made from sticks that my daughter had made last summer.

A few decorations for the fairy’s front yard and that was it.

I can knock fairy garden off my list now! I can sit back and watch the plants grown and fill in around the fairy house.

Someday I am finally going to get around to making over our master bedroom. I swear I have redecorated every room in our house twice and haven’t touched our bedroom in 8 years! It’s pathetic, I know. But I thought these bowls will make a great place to toss a phone and pocket change at night. So they will live (one day) on our nightstands. But for now I added some gold geometric pattern to the sides to add some interest.

Finally, that box. I really didn’t know what to do with that box and then it hit me, Lego guys. Those little guys need somewhere to live and that cool wooden box could make a great carrying case.

All I needed was some scrap wood from my (overabundant) wood pile. I know this is a long post, so I’m going to save the full tutorial for another day, but you get the idea. A little glue and some nails with my brad nailer and now it is a totally rad Lego mini figure holder for my son, complete with a handle.

There is plenty of room for him to put more guys in, and he can organize them by the set they came with.

Now, I’m sure you finished your tea, so it is time for you to hurry along to Amanda’s place to see what she did with this group of stuff I sent to her. I’m coming too, I can’t wait to see!

Here are all the participants for this awesome swap! Hop around and give everyone some love!

Comments

Thanks Colleen! I was going to turn it into a tissue box by routing out a hole in the center to pull tissues from, but then I stepped on a Lego guy and it dawned on me that my son needed the box more than my tissues 🙂

You used everything; you are amazing! While I didn’t repurpose everything you sent, I am using the little gold easel for my iphone while Im working LOL so it’s being put to good use! Happy to have “met” you!

Oh, your fairy garden is so sweet! I’ve been wanting to make my own for a few years now… this year I need to do it! Thanks for the extra dose of inspiration. Also love those vintage-y yellow cups with the succulents in them – it’s like they were meant to hold mini succulents!

Dude, I’d slap a succulent in ANYThing and call it a day… these look perfect. The yellow glass looks lovely with the green plant. And I have to do a fairy garden for the next news segment… love this version! I also appreciate your attempts to wrangle legos… in my experience it’s a losing battle, but fight the power, woman! 🙂 xx

Hi! I’m Jillian and I love to make my home beautiful by using my DIY skills, my eye for design and my love of a bargain. I tell everyone and anyone who will listen, about my latest projects. Got a minute? 🙂Read more…

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